By Goodluck B Ikiebe
A Nigerian researcher in phytho-medicine and former Director of the Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Abuja, Dr Ben Amodu, says he has invented a cure for HIV/AIDS.
Professor Amodu while addressing Newsmen in Abuja on Monday, called on the Federal Government to carry out a clinical trial of the drug he invented for the treatment of the disease.
He said the focus should be redirected to the use of alternative medicine in curing diseases that have defied orthodox practice.
In the past, there have been claims by researchers in Nigeria, who said they have found a cure for HIV.
But the National Agency for the Control of AIDS and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control have repeatedly dissociated themselves from such claims.
Amodu, who is also the managing director, African Alternative Medicines Hospital, however, argued that diseases termed incurable can now be cured, insisting that this is based from results from various patients within and outside the country, who were treated with herbs.
He said: “Our claims were subjected to a number of parameters. Before now, we have been treating and curing HIV/AIDS and I make it bold to say so because this is what can be verified.
In other parts of the world, when they have discovery, they come out to say it but when it comes to Nigeria, they tell you not to talk. Why? For something I have done and I know I’ve gotten it, why would I not speak?
“So now, with the proof I have, which is all on social media in the last six months, we now felt it is the right time that we should report it to Nigerians.
The alternative medicine practitioner challenged anyone doubting the efficacy of his treatment to subject them to test and contact him on 08037899735.
Some of the Patients treated have this to say to prove the effectiveness of this medicine:
“I have received a very big improvement and testimony from the HIV patients”.
Before now, she was having a serious cough, weakness of the body, her health condition was bad, no appetite and so on even when on ARTS. But since she started using this your mediation, there are a very big change in her health , no cough, no weakness of the body, infact she is now very strong and healthy. The same with the other man. As for the sickle cell child, no more crisis like before. The boy is very ok now. I never received any complaints from them since then, thanks, God bless you for your wonderful work”
He added: “I want to give a challenge. Any media organisation should give me any AIDS patients and see if I won’t cure that person.
“Recently, one of the foremost teaching hospitals had a AIDS patient who is just lying down on bed. That patient was not shaking nor moving but upon giving my drug, she started moving, and changing position. As I speak with you, she is at a very busy kano market doing her businesses. This is something that is verifiable.
“In fact, forget about me being verifiable. I will not charge any fees. Give me a patient, I will revive him or her without any payments. That’s one challenge.
“If the whole world has tried some HIV treatment but they have failed and we have a very good response, why should we hide this? People live in malaria infested area, they say mosquito bite them and have no effect on them. What name do you give to that. It is definitely the effects of vaccine
“What you have you don’t throw it away because people are making noise. Let them come to the open field let’s subject it to test. Science said over 70 per cent of the products that are used today correlate directly with their folklore uses.
Also, 70 per cent of medicines gotten from herbs correlate directly with their folklore uses”, Amodu explained.
